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On Thin Ice
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General information
Season 2
City Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Region Russia
Case # 20
Initial release date 24th September 2021
Partner(s) Ethan Pierre
Case chronology
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Riddled with Time
(in Scandinavia)
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A search for Matrix Alliance agents Lisbeth Bergstrom and Anna Martinen is cut short as a dead body is found buried underneath a heavy layer of ice inside the Zelyony Gorod forest. With the murder of a person who's been stabbed multiple times to solve and a project's backup files to secure, the team finds themselves in Nizhny Novgorod, even though the conspiracies around them are pretty much misty.
—Case Teaser

On Thin Ice is a case featured in Criminal Case as the twentieth case of Mysterious Secrets of Europe (Season 2) and the seventy-third case overall. It is the first case to take place in the Russia region.

Plot[]

The Nyzhny Novgorod Police Department notified Chief Salminen that Matrix Alliance agents Anna Martinen and Lisbeth Bergstrom had been spotted near the Zelyony Gorod forest, prompting him to dispatch a team led by Ethan Pierre and the player to apprehend them. Having the said team divided into multiple groups, Ethan deployed them to different areas of the forest before accompanying the player himself in searching a dance, unexplored area. As he drove the car through a fully snow-covered, narrow pathway, the player looked around while listening to a walkie-talkie for updates. Twenty tense minutes passed, and the duo noticed a spooky, abandoned cottage, which they decided to search, thinking the agents could hide inside. However, as soon as they entered into the backyard, they stumbled upon a deformed body with multiple stab wounds buried underneath a heavy layer of ice in the backyard, which made them think that the killer had stabbed the person repeatedly to hide their identity. Calling others, Ethan ordered them to meet the duo quickly, and soon after their arrival, everyone but the initial responders, who secured the backyard, searched the cottage. Anyway, no one was present inside, so the duo decided to focus on the murder investigation like Chief Salminen suggested them after getting informed about the murder, which put an end to the hunt for the agents.

Firstly, Ethan and the player searched the backyard and discovered that the victim was Dmitriy Kuznetsov, an audio operator working for Dinamo, the same media conglomerate that the EASD had been running into. Ethan muttered that they should properly investigate about Dinamo soon, and agreed to flag Ellie's sister, singer Avery Silverman as a suspect as she had kept in touch with the victim ever since the latter, as a former artist manager, had brought her under the spotlight as his protégé. When questioned, Avery expressed her condolences, and advised them to search the Kremlin since Dmitriy had gone there frequently out of his fascination with history. Doing so, the team managed to add novelist Fyodor Egorov and Dinamo media manager Lenka Ashtonka to the suspect list, as Fyodor had developed a friendship with the victim after attending an interview with him, while Lenka was fond of Dmitriy's workaholic and responsible nature, claiming the experience of working with him relatively easier compared to her other colleagues. Meanwhile, Nicholas revealed that the victim had been murdered nearly a week ago and that the killer had left traces of sodium acetate on the body, indicating that they used hand warmers.

Later on, Lena informed the team that the victim had been affiliated with an underground black market. Finding it interesting, Ethan went to the black market with the player where they learnt that the victim had bought a lot of parts from French tech parts supplier Mia Couture, since she had always charged him a fair price. As Mia explained that her supplies weren't illegal and that she used the black market only to get customers, the team advised her to avoid getting into trouble and continued their investigation by interrogating paleontologist Kalagrin Miron, who had recently met the victim to talk about a fossil that Dmitriy had claimed to have found. Moreover, it was also discovered that Lenka had lashed out on the victim for not being able to operate the audio properly during a live talk show, which had caused the show's ratings to drop, and that Fyodor had physically hit the victim for an unknown reason, but the novelist claimed not to remember the incident.

Soon after, Ethan continued turning the TV channels in the breakroom, seeing how all of the news networks were reporting on Dmitriy's murder as Chief Salminen declared the hunt a failure and that the high-profile case needed to be solved quickly. He then walked away while Ethan came across a music channel that featured Avery, and the two chose to listen to her song to relax, only for the Elite Force agent to realize she was singing about Dmitriy and his son. Ethan stated that it wasn't surprising given the victim's strong relationship with Avery, and that they should talk with her about him in order to learn more about his life.Ethan stated that it wasn't surprising given the victim's strong relationship with Avery, and that they should talk with her about him in order to learn more about his life. As a result, the duo questioned the singer, who explained that she had always admired Dmitriy's bond with his son, and because she enjoyed writing songs about beautiful things, she had written one about them before adding it to her newest album, "Little Happiness". However, she then revealed that she wouldn't be able to help them with Dmitriy's recent activities because he had taken a two-week leave from Dinamo almost ten days ago to visit his parents, prompting the team to go to the black market. There, they learnt that the victim had given valuable information about Dinamo to Mia for free. However, when questioned, the tech parts supplier promised to inform the team when she had organized all the scrambled information he had given her, saying it was confidential. Again, Dmitriy had gone to the dense forest with Kalagrin and his team, which, according to the paleontologist, was a result of the audio operator's enthusiasm.

Summary[]

Victim[]

  • Dmitriy Kuznetsov (Found buried underneath a heavy layer of ice, stabbed repeatedly)

Murder Weapon[]

  • Champagne Flute

Killer[]

  • Not Yet Incarcerated

Suspects[]

Quasi-suspect(s)[]

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Killer's Profile[]

  • The killer eats beef stroganoff.
  • The killer uses hand warmers.
  • The killer knows Russian military history.
  • The killer's profile has not been discovered yet
  • The killer's profile has not been discovered yet

Crime Scenes[]

Abandoned Cottage's Backyard Backyard Workshop Abandoned Cottage's Backyard Bonus
The Kremlin Fortress Entrance The Kremlin Bonus
Underground Black Market Central Meeting Room Underground Black Market Bonus

Steps[]

Chapter 1[]

Chapter 2[]

Chapter 3[]

The Snowball Effects (1/5)[]

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